Publications (8495)
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A Robust Crop Recommendation System Leveraging Soil and Climate Parameters
Desire Guel and Jimna Kongo
We present a benchmarking study of classical machine learning (ML) methods for crop recommendation from soil and climate parameters with an emphasis on methodological transparency, interpretability and deployability in low-resource contexts. We evaluate K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Classifier (SVC), Gaussian Na(...)
Crop Recommendation, Precision Agriculture, Ensemble Learning, Interpretability
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Conditions de déplacés et rescolarisation des élèves déplacés internes dans la commune de Kaya (Centre-nord du Burkina Faso)
SORÉ Zakaria
Le Burkina Faso connaît depuis 2015 des attaques de groupes armés terroristes sur son territoire. Parmi les cibles de ces attaques, il y a l’institution scolaire, accusée de véhiculer un savoir impie. Les violences perpétrées par les groupes terroristes ont entraîné la fermeture de milliers d’écoles et le déplacement de populations et d’acteur(...)
Burkina Faso, insécurité, conditions de déplacés, déplacés internes, rescolarisation
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Effect of Tree Densities on Soil Physical Properties in Agroforestry Parkland Systems Dominated by Shea Trees in Burkina Faso
Ouédraogo Sotongo Abraham, Bazié Hugues Roméo, Koala Jonas, Traoré Alassane
Aims: The overall objective of this study was to assess the effect of different densities of tree dominated by V. paradoxa and dendrometric parameters on the selected soil physical properties.
Study Design: This study was conducted in the municipality of Sapone (12.03´N, 1.43´W) located 30 km south of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Place and Dur(...)
Agroforestry parklands, bulk density, Burkina Faso, tree cover, water infiltration
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Spatial distribution and temporal trends in precipitation concentration indices over Burkina Faso from 1993 to 2023
Joseph Yaméogo, Suzanne Koala, Songanaba Rouamba & Pawendkisgou Isidore Yanogo
Understanding the spatial distribution of rainfall is essential for organising the agricultural calendar and managing waterresources in river basins. This study aims to analyse rainfall concentration in Burkina Faso between 1993 and 2023. To thisend, daily rainfall data for this period were obtained from the National Meteorological Agency of B(...)
Precipitation concentration index, Precipitation concentration degree, Precipitation concentration period, Trend analysis, Spatial distribution · Burkina Faso
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Dietary intake and vitamin A deficiency among children aged 6 to 23 months in the Province of Sanmatenga, Burkina Faso
Natacha Kere; Ella W. R. Compaore; Ousmane Ouedraogo; Inoussa Ky; Estelle A. Bambara; Souleymane Tirogo; Jean S. R. Kouame; Boubacar Savadogo; Mamoudou H. Dicko
Background
Micronutrient deficiencies are a serious public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and have particularly devastating consequences for children’s health. In Burkina Faso, this burden, which is particularly marked by vitamin A deficiency, is exacerbated in certain areas where security and humanitarian problems are reducing access t(...)
Malnutrition-Micronutrient deficiency, Vitamin A deficiency, Serum retinol concentration
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A Survey on Deep Learning Techniques for Malaria Detection: Datasets Architectures and Future Perspectives
Desire Guel, Kiswendsida Kisito Kabore, Flavien Herve Somda
Malaria remains a significant global health challenge that affects more than 200 million people each year and disproportionately burdens regions with limited resources. Precise and timely diagnosis is critical for effective treatment and control. Traditional diagnostic approaches, including microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), encount(...)
Malaria Detection, Deep Learning (DL), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Medical Imaging, Automated Diagnostics
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Unraveling the intra-species genomic diversity of sweetpotato-infecting CRESS-DNA and RNA viruses in Burkina Faso using Oxford Nanopore sequencing
Name Pakyendou E. , Tibiri Ezechiel B. , Tiendrébéogo Fidèle , Sawadogo Seydou , Djigma Florencia , Traoré Lassina , Eni Angela O. , Pita Justin S.
Sweetpotato is a key crop for global food security, particularly in Burkina Faso, where its productivity is increasingly threatened by viral diseases, especially those caused by CRESS-DNA viruses. However, the diversity of these viruses in Burkina Faso remains poorly characterized due to limitations of conventional diagnostic approaches. In th(...)
co-infections, CRESS-DNA viruses, deltasatellites, nanopore sequencing, sweetpotato, viral metagenomic
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Diversity and Distribution of Ecto and Gastrointestinal Parasites in Domestic Rabbits from the Grand-Ouaga, Burkina Faso
MANO, Komandan, Paténéma SAWADOGO, Yamba SINARE, Patricia SOUBEIGA, Rimwaodo Pierre SILGA, Magloire BOUNGOU, and Awa GNEME
In Burkina Faso, livelihoods rely strongly on the primary sector such as livestock farming. Owing to their high reproductive potential, rapid growth, and relatively low production costs, rabbit farming appeared increasingly as a sustainable source of income and animal protein. However, rabbits are frequently affected by parasitic infections, w(...)
Domestic rabbit; Burkina Faso; gastrointestinal parasite; ectoparasite
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Participatory selection of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. landraces in Burkina Faso: characteristics of interest and selection criteria for leaves
Clémence Zerbo, Romaric Kiswendsida Nanema, Zakaria Kiebre, Mariam Kiebre, Fanta Reine Sheirita Tietiambou, Hamid El Bilali, Filippo Acasto, Jacques Nanema and Mahamadou Sawadogo
Introduction: Hibiscus sabdariffa L. is an economically important and widely adopted crop in Burkina Faso. Yet its production is constrained by the lack of improved, locally adapted varieties. This study used a participatory variety selection approach to identify preferred landraces and selection criteria across two agroecological zones: Sudan(...)
roselle, sorrel, participatory variety selection, neglected and underutilized species, Burkina Faso
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Evaluation of morphological diversity, nutritional potential, and techno-functional properties of improved soybean ( Glycine max (L.) Merr.) accessions and varieties cultivated in Niger
Mahamadou Bello Issa Adam a , Crépin Ibingou Dibala a , Maman Garba b , Abdoul Rahim Salou Adam a , Zakaria Dindané a , Désiré Ouaro a , Kayaba Kaboré a , Hemayoro Sama a , Mamounata Diao a , and Mamoudou H. Dicko a
Food insecurity and malnutrition remain major challenges in Niger, where protein-
rich crops are critically needed. Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is recognized as
a strategic legume due to its high protein content (typically 35–45%) and valuable
techno-functional properties reported in the literature. However, local accessions and
impro(...)
Techno-functional properties; improved varieties; soybeans; accessions; Niger
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Assessment of the physical and chemical quality of groundwater in developed rural areas: health and environmental issues in the municipality of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Boureima Yo, Joseph Yaméogo, Pawendkisgou Isidore Yanogo
In rural Sahelian territories, groundwater represents the main source of drinking water supply. However, the physicochemical quality of groundwater abstracted from boreholes implemented within rural development projects remains insufficiently documented, even though it is a key factor for the environmental and health sustainability of such inv(...)
Groundwater, Physicochemical water quality, Rural boreholes, Koudougou
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SILENT RESISTANCE THROUGH NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION IN JAMES BALDWIN’S GOING TO MEET THE MAN
Wôkoudo Marcel MASSIMBO
Black people in the United States have always reacted differently to oppression. They wielded strategic violence, such as Nat Turner’s rebellion in
1831. Alternatively, reactions have often been intellectual such as the Harlem Renaissance (1928-30), and protesting such as the Civil Rights Movements (1950-60), and more recently, Black Lives Ma(...)
Baldwin, communication, non-verbal, resistance, silence.
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blaCTX-M-G1 and blaNDM genes in ESBL bacilli isolated at Schiphra Protestant Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
K. J. Zongo, H. Ouedraogo, L. Traore, T. W. C. Ouedraogo, I. Tiendrebeogo, M. R. Yougbare, M. Savadogo, F. W. Djigma and J. Simpore
Gram-negative bacilli producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are multidrug-resistant bacteria that pose significant therapeutic challenges. Their infections often necessitate the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics such as carbapenems, which has contributed to the emergence of metallo β-lactamases. Among these, New Delhi metallo-β-lact(...)
Gram-negative bacilli, extended-spectrum β-lactamases, blaCTX-M-G1, blaNDM.
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Interface Homme-serpents en zone urbaine et péri-urbaine duBurkina Faso (Afrique de l’Ouest)
Alamou M. Henri Adje, Idrissa Kabore, Siéfo Parfait Gnoumou, Emmanuel Midibahaye Hema
L’intensification des activités anthropiques et l’expansion démographique détruisent les habitats des serpents, affectant ainsi leurdiversité et abondance. Cela a pour conséquence, la diminution ou la perte de leur biodiversité. Cependant, au Burkina Faso, les travaux sur le peuplement des serpents sont très fragmentaires et datent de plusieur(...)
Diversité herpétologique, Homme, morsure, médicinetraditionnelle, zones urbaines et périurbaines, conservation, Burkina Faso
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Contribution des Activités Physiques et Sportives (APS) à l’inclusion des élèves déficients intellectuels de la Circonscription d’Éducation de Base (CEB) N°1 de la Commune de Tanghin-Dassouri
Evariste Magloire YOGO? Adama TAMBOURA
Cet article analyse la contribution des Activités Physiques et Sportives (APS) à l’inclusion scolaire des élèves déficients intellectuels dans la Circonscription d’Éducation de Base (CEB) n°1 de la commune de Tanghin-Dassouri, au Burkina Faso. Dans un contexte national marqué par la mise en oeuvre progressive de la Politique nationale de l’édu(...)
Inclusion scolaire, Activités physiques et sportives, Déficience intellectuelle.